Centerstate Banks of Florida Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 04, 2009
Centerstate Banks of Florida Inc. (CSFL, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30.

CenterState Banks Inc. formerly CenterState Banks of Florida Inc. operates as a multi bank holding company which provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals businesses and industries. The Bank owns CenterState Bank Central Florida National Association CenterState Bank National Association CenterState Bank of Florida National Association and Valrico State Bank (collectively the Banks). Based in Davenport Florida the Company provides a range of consumer and commercial banking services to individuals businesses and industries. In addition the Company make secured and unsecured commercial and real estate loans and issue stand-by letters of credit. Further the company provides mutual funds annuities bonds fixed income securities and other products as well as commercial checking accounts and loans to correspondent banks. Centerstate Banks Of Florida Inc. has a market cap of $93.2 million; its shares were traded at around $7.47 with a P/E ratio of 18.2 and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of Centerstate Banks Of Florida Inc. stocks is 0.5%. Centerstate Banks Of Florida Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 23.6% over the past 5 years.

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Total assets were $1,783,823,000 as of September 30, 2009, compared to $1,333,143,000 at December 31, 2008, an increase of $450,680,000 or 34%. The increase was due primarily from the acquisition of the Ocala branches from the FDIC in January 2009, growth in correspondent bank deposits (i.e., federal funds purchased), and internally generated deposit growth.

Securities available-for-sale, consisting primarily of U.S. government agency securities and municipal tax exempt securities, were $508,290,000 at September 30, 2009 (approximately 28% of total assets) compared to $252,080,000 at December 31, 2008 (approximately 19% of total assets), an increase of $256,210,000 or 102%. We use our available-for-sale securities portfolio, as well as federal funds sold for liquidity management and for investment yields. These accounts, as a group, will fluctuate as a function of loans outstanding and the amount of correspondent bank deposits outstanding as discussed above, under the caption Federal funds sold. The significant increase in our securities available-for-sale during the current period was due to the acquisition of the Ocala branches and the related deposits from the FDIC, the increase in correspondent bank deposits (i.e., federal funds purchased) and internally generated deposit growth. Over time, we anticipate our loan growth will eventually catch up to the rapid deposit growth we experienced during this period, and future cash flows generated from our securities portfolio will be reallocated to our loan portfolio. Our securities are carried at fair value. We classify the vast majority our securities as available-for-sale to provide for greater flexibility to respond to changes in interest rates as well as future liquidity needs, as discussed above.

Lending-related income is the most important component of our net interest income and is a major contributor to profitability. The loan portfolio is the largest component of earning assets, and it therefore generates the largest portion of revenues. The absolute volume of loans and the volume of loans as a percentage of earning assets is an important determinant of net interest margin as loans are expected to produce higher yields than securities and other earning assets. Average loans during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, were $921,405,000, or 57% of average earning assets, as compared to $861,786,000, or 80% of average earning assets, for the quarter ending September 30, 2008. Total loans, net of unearned fees and cost, at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were $947,303,000 and $892,001,000, respectively, an increase of $55,302,000, or 6.2%. This represents a loan to total asset ratio of 53% and 67% and a loan to deposit ratio of 75% and 90% at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

Our residential real estate loans totaled $253,363,000 or 27% of our total loans as of September 30, 2009. As with all of our loans, these are originated in our geographical market area in central Florida. We do not engage in sub-prime lending or out of market lending. As of this same date, our commercial real estate loans totaled $426,025,000, or 45% of our total loans. Construction, development, and land loans totaled $124,306,000, or 13% of our loans. As a group, all of our real estate collateralized loans represent approximately 85% of our total loans at September 30, 2009. The remaining 15% is comprised of non real estate commercial loans (9%) and non real estate consumer loans (6%).

Component 1 (specific allowance) decreased by $62,000. This Component is the result of specific allowance analyses prepared for each of our impaired loans. Although our impaired loans increased by $32,756,000, our specific allowance related to impaired loans decreased. Our specific

allowance is the result of specific allowance analyses prepared for each of our impaired loans. The decrease in our specific allowance is the result of charge-offs taken during the period, as well as the change in mix and evaluation of impaired loans. The Company aggressively charged-down loans during the current quarter. Of the $7,554,000 gross charge-offs, $3,684,000 were partial charge-offs related to impaired loans. A summary of the Companys impaired loans at September 30, 2009 is presented below. Amounts are in thousands of dollars.

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